BODACH

A 'Bodach' (Irish ; plural ''Bodaich'') is a mythical spirit or creature, rather like the Bogeyman. The word is a Scottish Gaelic term for "old man" although historically it was used as a pejorative term to refer to peasants or farmers (''bothach'') by the warrior class amongst the Scots .

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Bodachs in Literature

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Bodachs in Literature

★ Bodachs occasionally appear in Charles De Lint's books of mythic fiction.

★ The name Bodach is used to describe shadow-like creatures - invisible to most people - that appear at locations before disasters in the books Odd Thomas, Forever Odd and Brother Odd by Dean Koontz.
"A bodach is a mythical beast of the British Isles, a sly thing that comes down chimneys during the night to carry away naughty children." - Dean Koontz (Forever Odd)
"Bodachs are ink-black, fluid in shape, with no more substance than shadows. Soundless, as big as an average man, they frequently slink like cats, low to the ground." - Dean Koontz (Brother Odd)

See also

★ Cailleach (the Old Woman)

★ Urisk

★ Wirry-cow